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Man rams car into German party HQ in 'suicide attempt'

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Man rams car into German party HQ in 'suicide attempt'
Police officers inspect damage in the lobby of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) headquarters after a car was used to ram the building in Berlin. Photo: AFP.

A 58-year-old man tried to commit suicide on Christmas Eve by ramming his car into the headquarters of Germany's Social Democratic Party in Berlin, police said on Monday.

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The man was injured in the failed attempt and taken to hospital. He had gas cartridges in the car and jerrycans containing petrol. 

He had also laid out a bag with inflammable material in front of another building -- the headquarters of the CDU party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. 

The police were alerted by the building's caretaker, who found the bag. 

Berlin police are investigating the incident.

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